Like Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition, I have asked many questions about the Trump administration’s plans for mass raids and deportations. Many people are looking for answers about how to stay safe, prepare and support the immigrant community. Just as frequently, we are asked what can be done to fight back. And we will fight back.

Because here in Pennsylvania, the immigrant rights movement has a plan. For 60 organizations in our coalition working in 27 counties across the state, we always knew we would have a fight ahead of us.

Since election night, the Trump administration has confirmed that it plans to implement the authoritarian immigration goals set out in the Project 2025which include denaturalizing immigrant citizens, ending birthright citizenship, expanding immigration detention, and deputizing local law enforcement and the military to carry out mass raids and deportations. If they have their way, the people of our communities will be rounded up like animals and shipped out, families torn apart again.

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These plans come with a hefty price tag, costing an estimated $88 billion a year. The American Immigration Council breaks down the costs: “For the same costs as pursuing a strategy of mass deportations of one million people a year sustained for over 10 years, until 13.3 million people were either deported or left to fend for themselves, the States United could build over. 40,450 new primary schools in communities across the country.”

Furthermore, the board says we could build more than 2.9 million new homes, fund the Head Start program for nearly 79 years, pay full tuition and fees for more than 4.3 million people to attend a private college for four years (or more than 8.9 million people for go to a public in-state college for four years) or buy a brand new car for more than 20.4 million people.

Mass deportations are not just a waste of money; THE economic consequences the loss of so many people, people who are vital to different sectors of our communities, will have an impact on everyone.

So what can be done? Quite a lot, because when our communities come together, we are strong. Here are the top three actions I’m calling on all state residents to join us in demanding.

1. The Biden administration needs to dismantle the deportation machine

As a nation, we have already witnessed the atrocities the first Trump administration committed when it inherited the deportation machine from the Obama administration. It is imperative that the Biden administration dismantles the deportation machine before Trump takes office again. We know the Trump administration will rebuild the deportation machine — but rebuilding takes time, and it’s time we need to keep people protected from.

There are 20 concrete actions President Joe Biden can take; I will highlight three.

The White House may end ICE contracts that keep immigration detention centers open. People released from detention will still have to pursue their immigration cases, but will be able to do so with the support of their communities and loved ones.

From Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not follow federal enforcement priorities established by the Biden administration, and since many people are currently in deportation proceedings due to failure to meet those enforcement priorities, the Biden administration may ask the US Department of Homeland Security to use prosecutorial discretion to overturn pending deportation cases.

In addition, the Biden administration may lift the president’s June executive order closing the borders that allowed for the prosecution of people who, seeking asylum, enter without an appointment. This violation of asylum rights is a Trump-era policy — and lifting it now would allow people who qualify for asylum to be granted it.

2. Local authorities should stop working with ICE and adopt welcoming policies

Given the Trump administration’s plans to replace local law enforcement by 287(g) and use the military for mass raids and deportations, it is essential that our local elected leaders refuse to cooperate. This means adopting or protecting policies that prohibit local law enforcement, jails, probation and courts from sharing data, communicating and cooperating with ICE agents.

In addition, it means adopting reception policies at municipal and county level, such as ensuring language access protocols and reception school policies. Effective implementation is where the rubber meets the road – when such policies are adopted, staff must be properly trained and supported, and if policies are breached, action must be taken with staff so that it does not happen again. In Philadelphia, we have a welcoming schools policy, but the training of district employees has been minimal. Just this year, a the principal threatened to call ICE on a student.

It also means adopting welcoming policies at the state level, not just with legislation — there are eight bills that have already been introduced in the legislature — but also in administration. Govt. Josh Shapiro he delivered to Trump as attorney general, and we’ll need him now to do it again as governor. He can start by echoing the demand that the White House dismantle as much of the deportation machine as possible before Inauguration Day. Shapiro can also ensure that state prisons and probation cease data sharing, communication and collaboration with ICE and strengthen ICE’s current policy with state police.

3. Get involved with local immigrant rights organizations

If you live in Pennsylvania, you can see which members of the Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition are working near you per county. These organizations have been doing the work for years, and many of the leaders of these organizations are immigrants themselves. Getting involved looks different for everyone, so whether you can volunteer, join an organization, take action, donate or fundraise, find out how you can best support those around you.

Like many in the immigrant community and the broader immigrant rights movement, we go through a range of emotions. But I assure you that we will organize, educate and mobilize. We will keep urgent needs right alongside the long-term organizing needed for structural change. We will provide care as well as political education, services alongside leadership development and we will do this work locally and nationally because there is no other option.

Join us.

Jasmine Rivera is the executive director of Pennsylvania Immigration Coalition.